Yorick
Build Guide by Shemshari

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Masteries

Offense: 8

Defense: 22

Utility: 0

Introduction

This is my first guide so any tips or comments help out a lot. I first started playing Yorick about a month ago and couldn't find a guide that I liked so I thought I would make one on my own. Yorick is underplayed for how good he can be if played right.

Late game Yorick becomes pretty much unkillable as AD or Tanky due to his . This guide will explain how to use his spells and items to your advantage. Yorick can be a powerful solo or duo lane champion as well as a powerful tank using his as powerful damage or a Resurrection.

Runes

AD

Runes

Greater Quintessence of Armor Penetration2

Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage1

Greater Mark of Attack Damage9

Greater Seal of Armor9

Greater Glyph of Magic Resist9

I chose to use these runes because all of Yorick skills scale from AD except his . Having gives Yorick healing and damage a boost. The gives Yorick armor for further sustainability. Having a mix of greater quintessence of desolation and gives Yorick damage as well as armor pen. Finally the gives Yorick added magic resistance to ward off AP champions.

Tanky

Runes

Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage3

Greater Mark of Attack Damage9

Greater Seal of Armor9

Greater Glyph of Magic Resist9

The runes are pretty much the same for tanky and AD. The only major difference is instead of having bothgreater quintessence of desolation and Yorick is only using . This may sound weird but the extra strength gives Yorick extra healing from your .

Masteries

AD

Masteries

1/1

3/4

4/1

4/3

4/1

1/1

1/1

1/3

3/3

1/1

1/2

3/2

3/2

The basis of these masteries are to give Yorick good attack as well as some sustainability. and are to compliment the summoner spells I have chosen for Yorick.

Tanky

Masteries

1/1

3/4

4/3

1/2

3/2

3/2

4/1

1/3

2/1

1/1

3/1

3/1

1/1

This choice of masteries make Yorick able to sustain damage as well as giving him a bit of damage capabilities. and are to compliment the summoner spells I have chosen for Yorick.

Items

AD

Item Sequence

Health Potion35

Mana Potion35

Tear of the Goddess720

Boots of Speed325

Manamune2200

Berserker's Greaves1000

The Brutalizer1337

Sheen1200

Glacial Shroud950

Negatron Cloak850

Youmuu's Ghostblade2700

Banshee's Veil2750

Frozen Heart2600

Trinity Force3728

Starting out with and and will give you increased lane sustainability. Next time you return to the vender finish for more lane sustainability. Next, get and if you can finish of . is next for increased attack speed. The main reason to go instead of is because of how little Yorick's attack speed is without it, and this is a dps build.(below is the tank build) is next for damage and cool down reduction, followed by for the passive effect it has increasing your damage greatly. and are for sustainability. Finally the last thing to do is finish off your for its active ability, , , and in that order.

Tanky

Item Sequence

Health Potion35

Mana Potion35

Tear of the Goddess720

Boots of Speed325

Manamune2200

Mercury's Treads1200

Glacial Shroud950

Warmog's Armor2500

Kindlegem850

Frozen Heart2600

Spirit Visage2750

Atma's Impaler2300

Starting out with and Strike Through! will give you increased lane sustainability. Next time you return to the vender finish for more lane sustainability. Next, get icon=boots of speed size=55] and if you can finish of . are a must for the tenancy and should be the next item you get. is next for armor as well as cool down reduction. Cool down reduction is a must for Yorick, it not only increases your damage but increases your sustainability from having it available more often. is next to increase your health and later your damage from . Next is pretty much self explanatory getting for more cool down reduction. Finally finish off your and your as well as getting to increase your sustainability and damage.

Skill Sequence

For the skills, is your self heal which gives you a lot of lane stability. The reason that I focus more on next is because in 1v1 fights Yorick does really well with slowing and healing while kiting a strong melee. Using can put high pressure on the opponent while healing yourself in the process. If you time your and together you can increase your ranged damage and never have to get in close until you decide the time is right to finish him off. If you are having trouble getting close to a ranged champion use your on a minion to increase your speed to get in range for and .

Summoner Spells

Okay, for the summoner spells I usually go with and . This is because when avoiding getting ganked you can a minion or even a champion and with the combination you are pretty much untouchable. For , I like to bait people with low health then use and to heal to almost full while killing them at the same time. This tactic works really well for team fights when baiting to a bush.

Summary

If anyone has any tips or comments please feel free to leave them. I hope you like my Yorick build. I have implemented new changes in this guide as well as improving it's look. If anyone has any questions or comments please let me know. Thank you. Shout out to jhoijhoi for helping with coding and such for the guide.

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